Even though I am very kind and have lived with both of my cats for most of their lives -- they STILL would never let me put anything on them while they slept.

Some of the pictures look like the cat actually crawled under/into the stuff.

Others, NSM. (And my ex-cat would have never tolerated anything being put on her -- anyone who tried would end up with a bloody stump at the end of their wrist.)

Does anything still go by boat?

I got a bottle of wine from Australia that came by boat. Took nearly three months, though, and my friend in Australia was sure somebody had bogarted the bottle.

THe cat under the baby is adorable!

> Do Gale Harold and Nathon Fillion resemble each other in a weird way? I am attracted to Gale Harold (or rather Brian Kinney), but not so much to Mal, but in my head they look so similar!

Sophia, I never noticied it, but I have a friend who pinged it as soon as she started watching Firefly.

Thank you-- I am not crazy! Or at least not that crazy.

Some of the pictures look like the cat actually crawled under/into the stuff.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that cereal box cat is there of his own volition.

There's a new version of the periodic table of the elements that's gaining popularity:

I like that, except they've got hydrogen in sort of the wrong place. It really ought to be dead in the center, where the neutron is now.

Do Gale Harold and Nathon Fillion resemble each other in a weird way? I am attracted to Gale Harold (or rather Brian Kinney), but not so much to Mal, but in my head they look so similar!

I've always thought that Nathan looked like a stockier Gale Harold, only with a variety of facial expressions rather than a permasneer. The similar hair color and style probably contribute a lot to the likeness.

Missed Nilly and Rio, galdurn it!

So I got airplane tickets today. I'm flying out to the Berkshires, where my best BEST friend lives now. She bought a house there and has been fixing it up and I get to go stay with her for 5 days. We are going to drive up to Bennington, where we met (in the dishroom, doing the breakfast dishes) back in 1975, which should be a trip. Also here has been much back and forth about what DVDs I am bringing, as we do a lot of old movie watching when we're together. We have been through so much--graduating from school, changing careers, divorces, parents dying, bad haircuts, moving around the country--it's so nice we are still close and have such a good time together, even though we are completely different.

Awesome, Robin! I'm tempted to try to snag you for an afternoon (depending on where in the Berkshires your friend lives) but it seems like you've got a lot of quality togetherness time planned, so I'll just have to settle for waving in your general direction. Have fun!

I like that, except they've got hydrogen in sort of the wrong place. It really ought to be dead in the center, where the neutron is now.

Well, they say they did it that way for a reason:

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Here's the actual page: [link]

There's no need for footnotes, and there's a convenient spot for neutronium (sometimes called "element zero" because it has no protons at all), which never found an appropriate perch in the old table.

How did it get to be almost noon so quickly?